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Fake Ethereum Denver website linked to notorious phishing wallet

Fake Ethereum Denver website linked to notorious phishing wallet

A fake website of the popular Ethereum Denver conference is the latest phishing target of a red-flagged smart contract that has stolen over $300,000 worth of Ether (ETH).

The popular conference saw its website duplicated by hackers this week in order to trick users into connecting their MetaMask wallets. According to Blockfence, which identified the fraudulent website, the smart contract has accessed more than 2800 wallets and has stolen over $300,000 over the past six months.

Ethereum Denver also shared a warning to its followers on Twitter warning of the malicious website.

Blockfence CEO Omri Lahav told Cointelegraph that users were prompted to connect their Metamask wallets via the usual ‘connect wallet’ button. The website prompts a transaction that, if approved, carries out the malicious function and steals the users’ funds.

Blockfence’s research team identified the incident while tracking different trends in the industry. Lahav said that the smart contract executing the scam had stolen over 177 ETH since its deployment midway through 2022:

“Since the smart contract was deployed almost 6 months ago, it’s possible that it was used on other phishing websites.”

Hackers had gone as far as paying for a Google advert to promote the malicious website’s URL, banking on search trends being high, with Eth Denver taking place on Feb. 24 and 25. The fake website appeared second on a…

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